My father was a motor mechanic, and my mother a homemaker. We moved to Bath when I was four, and so I consider myself a Bathonian.

I used to be a motor mechanic.

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

My hopes for Newcastle are the same as they were before Bath,

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My Mother is Swedish and my Father is Scottish, he played for Charlton in the 1960's and was in the Army, he captained the British forces team. We then moved to S.A. because a lot of players did that at the time.